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"The corps of prince Jerome (says the 47th Bulletin of the grand French army) continues to besiege Breslaw. That beautiful city is in ashes. The siege makes a progress. The Bavarian and Wirtemberg troops have merited the praise of prince Jerome."

Marshal Le Brune, by an order, May 21st, called the troops that were dispersed in the Hanse towns, Hanover, and the duchies of Magdeburg, and Mecklenburg, to Pomerania; they were replaced by 31,000 Spaniards, the flower of the Spanish army of these 26,000, including 6,900 cavalry, came directly from Spain, under the command of the marquis of Romana; the other 5,000 from Etruria. These last arrived in different columns, on the Oder, between which river and the Elbe, the grand army of observation was stationed, at the end of May, and in the beginning of June. But the whole, or part of this division, of the Spaniards, appear to have joined the grand French army. The former were distributed in the Hanse towns, Hanover, and Mecklenburg, in the end of June, and beginning of July. The queen of Etruria 100, made an extraordinary levy of 20,000 men, " for promoting the general end of the war, as well as for the defence of her own coasts." The Swiss, who had shewn themselves very backward to raise the 16,000 men, to be furnished according to treaty, to the armies of France when demanded, were called on by a letter from Buonaparte, to the Landamman, to furnish the troops without delay, under the pain of forfeiting the French alliance.

Not satisfied with all this host of auxiliaries, Buonaparte invited his people to send twelve regiments of

the conscripts of 1807, to the theatre of war, six months before the time fixed by the constitution; and ordered the 80,000 conscripts for 1808, to be prepared and hold them clves in readiness, to march when called on.

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While the commander of the French armies, and of France, was thus employed in repairing his loss by disease and by a series of hardfought battles, particula ly that of Eylau, the allies on their part laboured, though unfortunately with less success, to repair their loss, to increase their force, and oppose numbers to numbers. The court of St. Petersburgh, which had been loudly importuned to take up arms in defence of Prussia, reckoned with confidence on the co-operation of Great Britain, not only in the way of a subsidy, but of an army, that should form a junction with the Swedes, and Prussian insurgents, and occupy a portion 'of French torce, by a diversion on their rear. It was hoped that a combined army of Swedes and English, would oblige the French to raise the siege of Stralsund, and moving up along the left bank of the Oder, menace the rear of the French army, and lay siege to Stettin, which was but weakly garrisoned, and in a bad state of defence; the possession of which would open a communication with Berlin, the Elbe, and the rest of Germany. If the French should remain in Po land, so considerable a force acting in their rear, might oblige them to evacuate that country, or at least to detach such a considerable portion of their force, as might render them, in point of numbers, inferior to the allies. Even if the French should maintain themselves on the line of the Oder, this diversion would

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be of the greatest importance, as it would enable the Russians to march with the greater part of their army into Silesia. And it was the appre. hension of such an auxiliary force, that determined Buonaparte to assemble so large an army of observation in Pomerania. Repeated and earnest applications for an English army, infantry, and cavalry, were made ja vain. A subsidy was granted of £500,000—but no troops were sent from Britain until it was too late. And the force then sent to the Island of Rugen, in July, consist ed only of the German legion, about 8,000 strong. But the king of Prus. sia made some, though small atone. ment, for the selfish, blind, and infa. tuated policy that had disgraced bis reign, by the resignation, patience, and firmness of his conduct after the disastrous day of Jena; and the heroic, though romantic bravery of the king of Sweden, and his gallant little army, served, no doubt, both to enliven the hopes of the emperor Alexander, and to excite his emulation.

This young monarch, having set ent from St. Petersburgh on the 28th of March to join his army, accompanied only by count Tolstoy, was met at Polanden on the Prussian froutiers, by the king of Prussia, who conducted him to Memel, and accompanied him in his progress from thence to Konigsberg.

The archduke Constantine, with a re-intorcement of 30,000 mer, consisting principally of the Imperial guard, arrived at that place about eight days thereafter, when the trenches were opened before Dantzig. The force that lay before Dautzig was between 30 and 40,000 men: that before Graudenz 3,000. Dantzig was defended by dou

ble, and in some places, by triple rows of fortifications, by marshy ground, inundations, the fort of Weischelaunde, and a garrison consisting of 12,000 Prussians and 6.000 Russians: the whole under the command of the Prussian general Kalkreuth.

The siege of Dantzig was pushed on with great vigour and courage by the besiegers, and the defence of the place maintained with equal courage by the besieged. All the artil. lery required having arrived, the whole of the batteries were mounted, and the bombardment commenced on the 24th of April. The garrison not only returned the enemies' fire with skill and persevering resolu tion, but made frequent sorties, in which they both suffered very considerably. Among the most im portant of these, was one which took place at 10 hours afternoon of the 29th. Some battalions issuing from their fortifications, rushed upon the French of the 3d parallel. They were twice repulsed, and returned a third time to the charge. They were driven back at last by the French body of reserve, who came up to the aid of the troops defending the pa. rallel. The French found it neces sary to defend this trench against similar sorties, by the erection, on both flanks, of new batterics. A grand council of war was held at Bartenstein, a town on the Alla ; at which the king of Prussia and the grand duke Constantine at. tended. The subject of their de liberations was the dangerous situa tion of the city of Dantzig. It was agreed that Dantzig could be relieved only in two ways. The first was to force a passage across the Passarge, attack the French line at different points, and hazard a gene

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ral engagement, the result of which, the fort of Weischelmunde. if successful, would be to compel Russian general Kamenskoy, in the French army to raise the siege the morning of the same day, of Dantzig; the second to throw and a little after the same hour, succours into Dantzig by sea. advanced at the head of his troops The first plan was deemed too dan- disposed in three columns from the gerous, as it might expose the Rus- fort, with an intention to penetrate sian army to complete defeat and to the town along the right banks dispersion. It was therefore resol- of the Vistula. An action took ved to confine themselves to the plan place, in which the Russians, who of relieving Dantzig by water. were superior in numbers to the French, and not inferior in bravery, would have overpowered general Schramm, if he had not received opportune assistance.

In pursuance of this plan, lieu. tenant-general Kamenskoy, son of the field-marshal, embarked at Pillaw, with two Russian divisions, formed of 12 regiments, and several Prussian regiments. On the 10th of May, the troops were landed from 66 transports, under the convoy of three frigates, in the port of Dantzig, under the protection of the fort of Weischelmunde.

Buonaparte on this immediately ordered marshal Lasnes who commanded the reserve of the grand army, to advance from Marienburg, where he had his head quarters, with the division of Oudinot, to reinforce the army of marshal Le Febvre. The general arrived after an uninterrupted march, at the very moment when the Russi. ans were landing. On the 13th and 14th, the Russians made preparations for attacking the French. The opposite port of Weischelmunde was separated from the town of Dantzig, by a space from two to three miles in extent this space was occupied by French troops.

The general of brigade, Schramm, who was at the advanced posts of the French by two o'clock in the morning of the 15th, had formed the troops under his command, consisting of the second regiment of light infantry, a battalion of Saxons, and another of Poles, in order of battle, covered by the redoubts opposite

Marshal Le Febvre repaired to the bridge, which is situated below the fort on the Vistula, and ordered the 12th regiment of light infantry, together with a battalion of Saxons, to cross over that way, to support general Schramm. General Gardanne, who was charged with the defence of the right bank of the Vistula, also pressed that way with the rest of his troops.

Marshal Lasnes with the reserve of Oudinot, was placed on the left bank of the Vistula, where it was expected, the day before, that the enemy too would make his appearance. But when marshal Lasnes saw the movements of the Russian general disclosed, he crossed the Vistula, with 4 battalions of General Oudinot's reserve. After two hours hard fighting, the whole of the line, and reserve of the Russians, were thrown into confusion, and pursued to the palisadoes. A Russian column, which held out to the last, was put to the bayonet to a man. At nine in the morning, they were all shut up in the fort of Weischelmunde. The field of battle was strewed with dead bodies. The loss of the French, according to their accounts, was not more than 25 killed and 200 wounded; that of the Russians 1,300 killed, 1,500 wounded,

wounded, and 200 taken prisoners. As soon as the Russian commander-in-chief was assured that his maritime expedition had arrived before Dantzig, his light troops began to reconnoitre and alarm the whole French line, from the position occupied by marshal Soult on the Passarge, to that of general Morand on the Alla. They were received at the mouth of the musket by the voltigeurs, lost a considerable number of men, and retired with precipitation. The Russians also presented themselves at Malga before general Zayoncheek, commander of the Polish corps of observation, and carried off one of his posts. The general of brigade, Fischer, pursued, routed them, and killed 60 men, one colonel and two captains. They likewise presented themselves before the 5th corps, and insulted general Gazan's advanced posts at Wildenberg. This general pursued them several leagues. But they made a more serious attack on the brigade of Omulew at Drenzewo. The general of brigade, Girard, marched against them with the 88th regiment, and drove them across the Narew. General Souchet arrived, pursued the Russians closely, and defeated them at Ostrolenka, where he killed 60 men, and 50 horses. On the same day, May 13th, the Russians attacked general Marrois at the mouth of the Bug. This

general had passed that river on the 10th with a Bavarian brigade, and a Polish regiment. In the course of three days, he had constructed several têtes-du-pont, and had advan-` ced to Wiskywo, for the purpose of burning the rafts on which the Russians had been at work for six weeks. This expedition completely succeeded, and the foolish work of six wecks was destroyed in a moment. †

This general attack on the French advanced posts, on the same day when general Kamenskoy was to make his attempt on Dantzig, was no doubt intended to occupy the grand French army, in such a manner, as to prevent them from reinforcing the besieging army. The project of carrying relief to Dantzig, by means of a maritime expedition, appeared very extraordinary to such military men as were acquainted with the ground and positions occupied by the French army, and at the same time informed of the works, that had been constructed for intercepting the navigation of both the Vistula and the canal of Dantzig. An English brigantine, the Dauntless, with that thoughtless, but, on the whole, not unfortunate audacity with which a series of glorious successes had, at this time, inspired all British seamen, having 120 English for her crew, 50 Russian and Prussian soldiers, carrying 24 carronades, and laden with powder and ball,

Sharp-shooters, or marksmen, mounted on horseback, whose business it is to hover around the enemy, watch their movements as a vulture watches his prey, and annoy him whenever a favourable opportunity is presented. This was an invention of Buonaparte's, in his expedition to Egypt, who was to be opposed by nu merous bodies of horsemen, on vast plains, in all directions. He recollected the Decessity of opposing cavalry to the Mahrattas in India, and the overthrow of Mar cus Crassus, in a great plain, by the Parthiaus, who wheeling round and round the Roman legions on horseback, poured in upon them vollies of arrows, to which they had nothing to oppose but their shields. They declined close action, and the Roman javelins could not reach them. Buonaparte, therefore, mounted corps of light infantry, accustomed to sharp-shooting, on horseback, to annoy and harass, and prevent any sudden attack by the Mamalukes.

† 74th and 75th Bulletin of the grand French army.

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peared on the Vistula, in full sail, with an intention to enter the port of Dantzig. On her near approach, however, to the French works, she was attacked, not only by the batteries from both the shores, but a heavy shower of musketry, and forced to surrender. An aid-decamp of general Kalkreuth, who was on his return from the Russian head quarters, and several English officers, were on-board the vessel.*

important siege of Dantzig was continued.

On the 19th of May, when every thing was prepared by marshal Le Febvre, and the French were proceeding to the assault, general Kalkreuth demanded a capitulation on the same conditions that he had former. ly granted to the garrison of Mayence. It appeared to the French general that the difficulties remaining to be surmounted in bringing the siege to a conclusion were such, that the besieged might hold out yet fifteen days longer. In these circumstances it was deemed expedient to grant them what they de manded, an honourable capitulation. It was agreed, among other articles, that the garrison should march out of the city with all the honours of war, and be conducted to the advanced posts of his majesty the king of Prussia, at Pillaw, by a march of five days.

The garrison engaged not to serve against the French army or its allies, for the space of a year, counting from the date of the capitulation, that is, the 20th of May, The prisoners of war, confined at Dantzig, whether French, or allies of the French, to be exchanged.

On the 16th, a Russian division, of 6,000 men, under general Turkow, advanced from Brock to the Bug, and towards Pultusk, with a view to prevent the execution of some new works, for strengthening a tête-du-pont. These works were defended by six battalions of Bavarians under the command of the prince royal of Bavaria in per. son. The Russians advanced four times to the attack, and were four times repulsed, by grape shot from the different batteries. The Russians for this attack on Pultusk, had prepared a great number of rafts, in the same manner as they had done in their attack on the works of general Le Marrois. Those rafts, prepared at so great an expence of time and labour, burnt in two hours time. Those repeated attacks on works constructed with consummate skill, and defended by strong batteries with out a chance of success, were matter of astonishment to the French, and almost induced them to suppose that the only purport of these attacks was, to draw their attention, from other parts of their line, to the right wing of their army. But the posi- The Prussian officers, who were tion of this was calculated for every prisoners on their parole, living imaginable case, whether of at with their families at Dantzig, be tack or defence. Meanwhile the fore the blockade of the place, to * 76th Bulletin of the grand French army.

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As the garrison had not sufficient means for carrying off the whole of its baggage, a vessel was to be aflord. ed for this purpose, to sail directly for Pillaw, under the command of a French officer. The magazines, and in general all that belonged, not to individuals, but to his Prussian majesty, to be consigned into the hands of the French government.

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